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Real-life read
8 April 2026
Reading time: 5 minutes
A single mum shares how she and her whānau rethought homeownership, used Sorted tools to build confidence, and found a different path on to the property ladder.
Read more about How one NZ whānau bought a home together, and what they learned along the way
16 September 2025
Reading time: 4 minutes
Barbara Reid shares how the money lessons she’s learned throughout her life enable her to create stability for her kids and support her community.
Read more about How financial wellbeing helps me show up for my whānau
14 July 2025
Reading time: 4 minutes
Some whānau pool together their pūtea to create a fund for emergencies. Here, Sorted’s kaihautū/director of Māori and learning tells how our tīpuna have provided a plan.
Read more about Saving for an emergency? A reflection from a child raised by the village
14 July 2025
Reading time: 4 minutes
He mahi ngātahi te rautaki kohi pūtea ohotata a ētahi whānau. Pērā i ngā tīpuna i whakarite mahere mō ngā take ohorere, ka kōrerotia ēnei āhuatanga e te kaihautū, director Māori & learning ki Sorted.
22 April 2025
Reading time: 4 minutes
In our series exploring people’s real experiences with money, Shiane shares how she’s on a mission to learn all she can about money and pass her knowledge on to her tamariki and others.
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